The "Cube" icon in BOM Insight indicates that additional intelligence is available and you will find it in various places within the platform. Clicking on the cube will either open a side panel for additional information (e.g. Part Intelligence at MPN level) or to the intelligence page directly.
In the example below, you can see there's a cube icon next to the "Name" in BOM Insight's list page. Clicking on this cube will take you to the BOM's Intelligence page for that specific list without the need to click into BOM. This enables you to directly access the list's BOM Intelligence.
Within your BOM, there are IPN and MPN Intelligence cubes. The Part Intelligence cube next to the IPN and the MPN opens different part intelligence side bars, so that you can have easy visibility of a component's details for more context.
When you click on the IPN's intelligence cube, a side bar will open on the right side of your BOM. This provides quick access to Internal Part Number (IPN) intelligence information.
There are four tab sections in the IPN intelligence side panel. The following information can be displayed in the four tabs:
- Info: Displays category and summary data with links opening in a new tab.
- Details: Shows all fields and values from the IPN category template.
- Alternates (XREFs): Lists all MPN alternates and details, with a checkmark icon indicating the preferred alternate.
- Documents: Lists all associated documents, which are downloadable by clicking on the document name.
Next to the MPN, you can click on its Part Intelligence cube to open a different side bar. This also display tabs, which include: Info, Compliance, Where Used, XREFs, PCN, Details and Part Master.
Another example is the Commodity Intelligence available at line level inside the BOM when clicking on the Cube next to the part's commodity.
When available, you can access a part's Price Intelligence by clicking on a cube by its quoted pricing. This will open the pricing modal with its six tabs of pricing information as available from the various price sources.
Clicking on the intelligence cube opens it immediately to the Price Analysis tab. On its Price Analysis tab, you can see analytics of the part displayed within a graph if available.
Lastly, there is Supplier Intelligence, which can be accessed at the line level within your BOM by clicking on the cube icon next to the respective supplier. You can see displayed in the supplier's side bar the tabs of: Info, Contacts, and Line Card.
The Info tab provides insight regarding your supplier such as their "Response Time" and other applicable information. You can then view your Contacts for the suppler and their current Line Card.